hey guys. I know this aint about civics, but its really urgent. My mom's 02 Chevy Impala is actin weird. when I try to accelerate between 10-40 or 50 mph it kinda coughs and hardly accelerates at all... it really takes its time. I just noticed today that its 3000 miles OVERDUE for an oil change. (It not my fault, I thought mom got it changed... but apparently she forgot) Could this be the problem? also, once while I was accelerating it flashed the check engine light a few times... Im kinda worried.

My plans were to have the oil changed ASAP and then take it to Autozone and see if they can tell me why it flashed the check engine light... do you guys have any ideas???

Please help me ASAP! thanks guys!!

 

*BUMP* cummon guys....anyone?

 

Change the oil. Run some sea foam or carb cleaner thru the intake manifold, fill it up with premium fuel and run injector cleaner. Should be good to go.

 

so do you think that it was just the lack of an oil change?

btw- does autozone charge you to hook a car up to their machine?

thanks in advance....

 

The problem is its a gm.

 

Hell, I could have told you that. I told them not to buy it. But they just think I am Honda biased... as I have posters all over my room at home of dif imports

anyways! so... do you guys think it just needs an oil change and some injector cleaner? Im not lookin forward to my spring break... i forsee alot of work in my future....(i already got to fix the rear brakes on my moms chevy cavalier) [:@]

 

Lack of acceleration in particular speeds is probably not related to the oil not being changed. 3K overdue isn't a big deal unless oil is being burned or leaked and the level went down.

Check the spark plugs, distributor cap and rotor. Replace them if they look worn.

 

My sister has a 90 somethin Jimmy and her Catalitic converter went south... it caused it to do something alot like this... could it be that you think? im worried, b/c I KNOW they will blame this on me... I hate that stupid ****ing car! [:@]

 

it doesnt have a cap and rotor button. how many miles does it have? 100k and your suppost to change the spark plugs. 30k fuel filter. im asuuming its a misfire by the blinking light, telling you not to drive anymore because you could ruin the cat.

 

For some reason my first instinct was the cat, but check the plugs. It could just need a tune-up.